Muranaka Farm was founded in 1947 by Minoru Muranaka and his wife, Matsue. They had a trucking fleet that hauled vegetable produce daily from the Japanese-American farms in the Culver City/West Los Angeles area to the downtown Los Angeles market.
Kale is a versatile vegetable that can be eaten cooked or raw and with the recent publicity about its health benefits, the crop is enjoying a new interest among growers.
Best practices from planting to harvest can yield a bumper crop anywhere.
Sweet corn production starts with good selection and a continuing crop.
Once cucumbers are harvested, a grading system set up by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is used to identify the cucumbers.
The industry is full of opportunity for producers who apply the proper techniques to produce cucumbers.
Leaf mold of tomatoes is a fungal disease that, in many regions of the United States, isn’t normally found in the field.
BrightFarms highlights its spinach produce while promoting sustainable, local farming.
Despite the mathematical error, spinach is an excellent source of iron.
Don’t neglect control of four popular weeds and grasses: Texas panicum, sicklepod, nutsedge and bermudagrass
